Augustin ROSS

Born

8 July 1810 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

4 May 1890 , Les Méchins, Canada

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Guillaume ROSS Josephte BOUCHER

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Born: 8 July 1810 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Guillaume ROSS

Mother: Josephte BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume ROSS , Marie-Josette PROULX

Maternal grandparents: Prisque BOUCHER , Marguerite HUOT dite ST-LAURENT

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Augustin married Felicite OUELLET 29 January 1828 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite OUELLET was born 25 December 1808 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Felicite died 13 June 1892 in Les Méchins, Canada. Felicite was the child of Raphael OUELLET and Genevieve BOUCHARD.

Augustin ROSS died 4 May 1890 in Les Méchins, Canada.
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Augustin ROSS married

Felicite OUELLET
Marriage date: 29 January 1828
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Felicite OUELLET was the child of Raphael OUELLET and Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Augustin ROSS

Born: 5 November 1833, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Apolline GOSSELIN 16 November 1857 Place: Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1810
8 July 1810
Rimouski, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Augustin ROSS and Felicite OUELLET 29 January 1828, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 17 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Augustin ROSS was born 5 November 1833, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Augustin was 23 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Augustin ROSS married 16 November 1857, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada to Apolline GOSSELIN

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.